Uniden DFR7 Super Long Range Wide Band Laser/Radar Detector, Built-in GPS w/Mute Memory, Voice Alerts, Red Light & Speed Camera Alerts, OLED Display, Black

If you have a lead foot, buy it!
Works great! Notifies me in plenty of time, if you know what I mean! Very accurate and often alerts to an officer I never would have seen!

Uniden DFR7 ($250) vs Cobra RAD450 ($115) vs 8yr old cobra EDS 7000 ($50)
In a nutshell, the Uniden gets an A+, the Rad450 a B+. Of course the uniden is twice as expensive so it should be better. But The RAD450 performed quite admirable for it’s price. It is not quite as sensative as the uniden facing forward. For cops coming from the behind, the uniden definitely seems more effective. It takes awhile to figure out what is the best settings for these units. Both of their directions are decent but could be better. If you want to just set it and forget it use #5 for the uniden and #6 for the RAD450.The “quite ride” for the uniden works with the GPS speed. on the unit No sound below a certain speed. This works perfectly forfiltering out useless parking lot and stop light false alerts. Because the uniden can also mute specific locations it is even more versatile for filtering falsie’s. I did not use this in any of my tests. Because the RAD450 doesn’t have GPS, it’s “quite ride” works differently. An audio will sound for a few seconds (2 or 3 beeps) then go silent. If it doesn’t have a 30-40 second space between alerts, it will remain silent even if it gets a new alert (it will always display the alert). This works quite well for parking lots since you are getting many multiple alerts rapidly. Yet, this shouldn’t be a problem while driving highway or city. In the driving test below I had all kinds of falsie’s on the old radar including the blind spot radars used on cars. While following a Chevy equinox on the highway, my old unit cycled on and off continuously while behind this car. Both the uniden and RAD450 were totally silent. They didn’t register any alerts. Other cars caused the same thing in my old unit but I couldn’t identify whichcar was the source. The other 2 units remained silent.I was fortunate that the day of testing, Cops were everywhere so I got good data. I didn’t get the actual distance on the city speeding trap, but both the Uniden and RAD450 were equal distances and gave enough warning to slow down. The old unit gave maybe enough warning. In summary,the uniden is a terrific unit. Spending anymore I think is a waste of money. If you can’t afford the $250 price tag, the RAD450 is a pretty good unit and option. Anything cheaper than the RAD450 will most likely behave just like my old 7000 which is rendered useless due to falsie’s.Also, as an aside note, the “intellimute” option on the RAD450 does not work on a 2004 Lexus rx330. Supposedly, the unit can tell the RPM of the engine through voltage spikes in the electrical system. My guess is that it won’t be able to read most cars so don’t count on this as a useful filter option. Regardless,The RAD450 works well enough for the price. So, I am keeping both; The uniden for my main car, and the RAD450 for my second car. I should be well protected in both less all those annoying falsies! Hope this review helps. (see test data below)Big Box parking lot test driving around in a circle.1) Uniden DFR7:Saved muted Locations: none25 mph quiet mode on.All filters on.K set to wide.Ka set to narrow.# of beeps: 02) Cobra Rad450:All Filters onQuiet ride off.# of Beeps:Sensitivity @ Max: 158Sensetivity @ Med: 52Sensetivity @ Low: 103) Cobra Rad450:All Filters onQuiet ride on# of Beeps:Sensitivity @ Max: 6Sensetivity @ Low: 24) Cobra EDS7000:# of Beeps: 132Number of Falsie’s and Beeps Driving 90 mi. (suberbs/highway)* note each falsie produces multiple beeps5) Uniden DFR7:Saved muted Locations: none25 mph quiet mode on.All filters on.K set to narrow.Ka set to narrow.Falsie: 1Total # of Falsie beeps:3True Alert: 3 of 3Highway distance to cop:Week alert: 1.4 miFull alert: 0.8 mi6) Cobra Rad450:All Filters onQuiet ride onSensitivity @ Max:Falsie: 4Total # of Falsie beeps: 8True Alert: 3 of 3Highway distance to cop:Week Alert: noneFull Alert: 0.8 mi7) old Cobra EDS7000:Falsie: 43Total # of Falsie beeps: 482True alert: 2 of 3 (yep missed one)Highway distance to cop:Week alert: noneFull alert: 0.5 mi

Love the LED readout
Fantastic detector I’m glad I invested in it.

Vital, if you’re going to drive a car.
One of the best radar detectors I’ve ever used, and I’ve had quite a few over the years. I can’t recommend this one enough. It lets you know exactly what you’re dealing with well ahead of time. It even detects them behind you.

This Uniden is a great value radar detector, I drive fast, and this device has saved me a lot of money in just the first year. Combined with using Waze app to spot red light cameras, police and hazards, this complements Waze and offers great protection for a very good price. You will pay for the detector by just avoiding one or two citations. To get best use and reduce nuisance alerts, I typically turn off X and K bands, and just run with Ka turned on. If you just plug it in and dont screen out the old X band, and K to a lesser degree, you will get too many alerts and be frustrated. Look at a few YouTube videos to make best use of this tool.

Love it. Saved my butt lots. Paid for its self in the first month

The Uniden DFR7 picks up signals from really far away, which is great. But it also gives a lot of false alarms, especially in the city. Still useful on the highway, just wish it filtered better.